Smile, Dammit

Updated July 14, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

Singapore, it seems, is determined to stay a happy place. The Prime Minister himself launched a campaign of "four million smiles" last month, urging all citizens to crack a grin when Singapore hosts the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in September. And last week, a state-owned newspaper suspended a columnist who had written that life is getting tougher in the city-state. When a small clutch of Singaporeans gathered in an informal protest, the police investigated. How sad.